Atid Ehad

Atid Ehad ran in the 2006 Knesset elections, and was headed by Avraham Neguise. It represented the concerns of Ethiopian Jews living in Israel, but also had other immigrant groups represented on its list such as Argentinian-born Yechezkel Stelzer, the party's number two, American-born Yosef Abramowitz, the party's number three candidate, and Aliyah advocate Yishai Fleisher. The party advocated for Ethiopian immigration to Israel and strengthening integration efforts for the community.{{cite news |author=Daphna Berman |url=http://www.haaretz.com/american-israelis-hold-two-of-ethiopian-party-s-top-five-slots-1.183669 |title=American-Israelis hold two of Ethiopian party's top five slots |newspaper=Haaretz |date=24 March 2006 |accessdate=26 June 2015}} In the 2006 elections, the party received 14,005 votes (0.45% of the total), not enough to cross the 2% threshold required to enter the Knesset. The party did not run in the 2009 elections. Neguise eventually rejoined Likud and served as a member of Knesset from 2015 to 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://main.knesset.gov.il/en/MK/APPS/mk/mk-personal-details/932 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=Knesset|title=Avraham Neguise: Personal details}}

Yechezkel Stelzer became leader of the party and ran in the 2013 elections, but withdrew from the elections less than a week before election day. It registered for the 2015 elections under the name "Protecting Our Children – Stop Feeding Them Porn".{{Cite web |date=2015-02-25 |title=Israel's 'anti-porn party' launches campaign with provocative ad |url=https://www.jpost.com/israel-elections/israels-anti-porn-party-launches-campaign-with-provocative-ad-392160 |access-date=2024-03-20 |website=The Jerusalem Post|language=en}} After polls showed it would receive fewer than 30,000 votes, the party dropped out and Stelzer endorsed the Jewish Home.[http://www.inn.co.il/News/Flash.aspx/480065 יו"ר מפלגת "מגינים על ילדינו" מסיר את מועמדותו ותומך בבית היהודי] Israel National News, 11 March 2015

The party was revived in the build-up to the 2021 elections, when it was used as a "shelf party" (an inactive but still-registered party reactivated for use) for Ofir Sofer to enable him to run on the Likud list for the elections as part of an agreement between Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu and Religious Zionist Party leader Bezalel Smotrich that would allow Sofer to split from Likud and join the Religious Zionist Party after the elections.[https://www.kipa.co.il/%D7%97%D7%93%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%AA/%D7%A4%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%98%D7%99/1106264-%D7%91%D7%9C%D7%99%D7%9B%D7%95%D7%93-%D7%94%D7%92%D7%99%D7%A9%D7%95-%D7%90%D7%AA-%D7%94%D7%A8%D7%A9%D7%99%D7%9E%D7%94-%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%99%D7%A8-%D7%A1%D7%95%D7%A4%D7%A8-%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A6%D7%91-%D7%91%D7%9E%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9D-28// בליכוד הגישו את הרשימה: אופיר סופר הוצב במקום 28] Kipa, 4 February 2021 On 14 June, after the swearing-in of the 36th government, Sofer moved to the Religious Zionist Party, increasing it from six to seven seats in the Knesset.{{cite news |title=Official: Ofir Sofer returns to the Religious Zionist Party |url=https://www.srugim.co.il/571778-רשמית-אופיר-סופר-חוזר-למפלגת-הציונות-ה |work=Srugim |date=14 June 2021 |language=he}}

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